Conflicted

Hellen pulls back from the kiss, leaving a baffled Mark just standing there, touching his lips.

‘That was … different. I didn’t hate it, but it felt odd. Maybe I need to get used to it?’ she thought while scrunching up her face.

“Wow, I gotta say, I wasn’t expecting that. How did it feel for you babe?” Mark asked.

“I don’t know, weird I suppose.”

“Now you kinda know how I felt.” Mark sniggered.

“Yeah” she said absentmindedly.

For a moment Mark was worried something was wrong with Hellen but she seemed to bounce back like a spring after a few seconds of getting her thoughts straight with the notepad. Mark decided to let her be, he was mostly happy that he was fully clothed again.

“Okay, let’s put the tests on hold and do some adulting. We still need groceries and a car.” She said.

“I can make you a list of basic stuff to get and send it to your phone while you bring back the van and go look at a car.”

Hellen nodded in agreement. “After that I will get the groceries and once back, we can discuss plans.”

Mark grabbed his phone and noticed how much bigger it was in his hands.

He heard Hellen yell bye as she left while he went through the stuff he usually buys, while also adding in some more expensive items now that they could.